Do you believe it happened like this?
And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
I mean, do you literally believe that is how life and man came to be on this planet? Good, then you are ready for the new Republican plan for party purity.
Republican leaders are circulating a resolution listing 10 positions Republican candidates should support to demonstrate that they “espouse conservative principles and public policies” that are in opposition to “Obama’s socialist agenda.” According to the resolution, any Republican candidate who broke with the party on three or more of these issues– in votes cast, public statements made or answering a questionnaire – would be penalized by being denied party funds or the party endorsement.
Now, you may be asking yourself why the Republicans allow candidates to differ from orthodoxy on two positions but not three. And, no, it has nothing to do with the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch.
“First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin, then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceedest on to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it.” Amen
Why, in their mercy, have the Republicans set the cut-off at three?
The resolution invokes Ronald Reagan, and noted that Mr. Reagan had said the Republican Party should be devoted to conservative principles but also be open to diverse views. President Reagan believed, the resolution notes, “that someone who agreed with him 8 out of 10 times was his friend, not his opponent.”
Hence the provision calling for cutting off Republicans who agree with the party on seven of 10 items.
Having cited Ronald 3:16, there is probably no arguing or negotiation possible on this score. And, now, I leave you with this:
This is obviously also of relevance.
Please, please, please let them be serious (all the way up to eleven).
But…why don’t you just have ten principles, and make them bigger principles?
Exactly.
Considering the Democratic Party has no principles & let’s it’s members fuck up major legislation with nary a peep in protest or retribution, I say good on the GOP for starting somewhere, even if it’s in Crazy Town.
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Quite embarassing …
In the “Nightline” interview, Hampton provides astonishing new details about the affair and its many repercussions, including the end of a close 20-year friendship between the two families and the loss of the Hamptons’ jobs.
C Street involvement and Tom Coburn
Hampton said he feels his friends at C Street have abandoned him by choosing to close ranks around Ensign. When asked if they’d turned their backs on him, Hampton replied, “That was really clear.”
When asked if those at C Street think the rules don’t apply to them, Hampton laughed and said, “[They] think the consequences don’t apply. Those need to be dealt with differently. Because of the responsibility. Because of pressure. Because of the work that needs to be done. …This is about preserving John, preserving the Republican party, this is about preserving C Street. These men care about themselves and their own political careers, period.”
The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power
"But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."
And thus do the elephant-worshipers appeal to the god they have created, whose principles authorize every “good” action and whose benevolent smile lights all their days.
Dies ira. Ronaldus Reaganus deus est.
Apotheosis is no longer a metaphor for what the Republicans are doing.
lol.
See!!! Ronald Reagan WAS a prophet!
What a great title. It cheered me right up.
Me too, cause I first thought of Ronald McDonald, then Reagan, the two being somewhat interchangeable in that neither exist in reality now a days.